*55nm* EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 Now In Stock at EVGA.com

[AuDioFreaK39]

Do you know when the GTX 285s will be available?

They are going to launch simultaneously with the GTX 295 on the first day of CES - January 8th, 2009.

Rumor has it the 8th at CES

I believe it's been confirmed.

[Carfax]

Rumor has it the 8th at CES

If the 55nm parts are supposed to be released on the 8th of January, then why are the 55nm GTX 260s already available?

[clo007]

b/c this is the 260, not the 295

[Flinch]

If the 55nm parts are supposed to be released on the 8th of January, then why are the 55nm GTX 260s already available?

Wish I had the answer

[Metroid]

It would have been better if this card was named GTX 265, GTX 260 216 cores is ridiculous.

[TurboDiv]

Why ? Its the same thing. 55nm, that's not much of an improvement to call it anything else...

[AuDioFreaK39]

GTX 265 Core 216 would've been better, but NVIDIA is choosing not to publicize their move towards the 55nm fabrication in GTX 200 Series GPUs. They still want to capitalize on their 65nm stock while it lasts.

[Metroid]

You both misunderstood my argument which I did not specify that much. Forget about the nm nomenclature.

Plain English:

We have 2 GTX 260 versions, 1 that contains 192 cores and 1 that contains 216 cores. The first version was named right GTX 260 192 cores. The second version which contains 216 cores should have been named GTX 265.

[trinibwoy]

Why would it have been better? Nothing about the product is changing - same features and same performance.

I agree with Metroid, it would have made a lot more sense to name the 216 core version GTX 265 than it is to name the 55nm shrink GTX 265.

[AuDioFreaK39]

You both misunderstood my argument which I did not specify that much. Forget about the nm nomenclature.

Plain English:

We have 2 GTX 260 versions, 1 that contains 192 cores and 1 that contains 216 cores. The first version was named right GTX 260 192 cores. The second version which contains 216 cores should have been named GTX 265.

Yes I know that. But since the Core 216 has already been named, it's time to think what NVIDIA could have done this time around. They could have indeed named the 55nm parts GTX 265.

But yes, if this were still June and I were a product manager for NVIDIA, I would have had the lineup as follows:



---Jun---|---Jul---|---Aug---|---Sep---|---Oct---|---Nov---|---Dec---|---Jan---|---Feb---|---Mar---|---Apr---|---May---|---Jun---
GTX 260----------------------GTX 265-----------------------GTX 270-----------------------GTX 275-----------------------GTX 300s




But, NVIDIA is probably choosing to have it like this instead:

---Jun---|---Jul---|---Aug---|---Sep---|---Oct---|---Nov---|---Dec---|---Jan---|---Feb---|---Mar---|---Apr---|---May---|---Jun---
GTX 260----------------------GTX 260------------------------GTX 260-------------------G200-103-B3--------------------GTX 300s
-192SP------------------------216SP--------------------------216SP------------------------216SP---------------------------???
-65nm---------------------2nd Gen 65nm---------------------55nm--------------------2nd Gen 55nm----------------------40nm



Oh well, at least 55nm production is going to finally start taking off.

[justageek95]

Looks like the stock shader clock will be 1350MHz

http://www.evga.com/products/pdf/896-P3-1255-AR.pdf

[jasonelmore]

Nvidia is making EVGA and other retailers, box these things the same way the regular 216's are boxed. Nvidia does'nt want everyone to not buy the 65nm parts and only buy the 55nm parts. I can understand why too. They would be left with a huge back stock of the old version.

Fortunately for those of us who know what to look for, such as model number, will know which one we are getting. but nvidia wants to get rid of the 65nm parts to the people who basicly, don't know the difference and don't really care.

[YukonTrooper]

Nvidia must figure they'll be able to relieve 65nm stock with just the GTX 260 then, because the GTX 280 55nm will carry the new GTX 285 name. At least as far as we know.

[largon]

They're available already?
Have I completely missed the reviews?

It would have been better if this card was named GTX 265, GTX 260 216 cores is ridiculous.

So true.
But then again, nV has been using stupid names like "Geforce" for almost a decade now.

[R0bert]

Have I completely missed the reviews?

Haven't seen any, which is kinda strange, almost everything was review'd before it hitted street.

[billdavis]

how much lower tdp will the 55nm need

[billdavis]

.
But then again, nV has been using stupid names like "Geforce" for almost a decade now.

The "GeForce" name originated from a contest held by Nvidia in early 1999. Called "Name That Chip", the contest called out to the public to name the successor to the RIVA TNT2 line of graphics boards. There were over 12,000 entries received and 7 winners received a RIVA TNT2 Ultra graphics board as a reward

ref is wiki

[largon]

^I remember that contest and that I laughed my head off when I heard "Geforce" won.

[trinibwoy]

Nvidia must figure they'll be able to relieve 65nm stock with just the GTX 260 then, because the GTX 280 55nm will carry the new GTX 285 name. At least as far as we know.

There's no separate GTX 260 and GTX 280 65nm stock though. Any 65nm GT200 can simply be sold as a GTX 260 216. So they can kill the 65nm GTX 280 anytime they want.

[moose517]

now that these are out i can't wait till jan 8 for the 295's. I like the new look of the cards as well

[vengance_01]

55nm 216 core cards will drop in price, but should be a good value when it falls near the 200$ mark. I am eager to see how much more head room the new cores have.